Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) shake, agitate (move or cause to move back and forth) "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
S: (v) shake, didder (move with or as if with a tremor) "his hands shook"
S: (v) judder, shake (shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively) "The old engine was juddering"
S: (v) rock, sway, shake (move back and forth or sideways) "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
S: (v) shake (undermine or cause to waver) "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
S: (v) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of) "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
S: (v) shake (bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking) "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
S: (v) shake (shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state) "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
Adjective
S: (adj) jolted, shaken (disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock) "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken"